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, gerons.' Mrs. Glen Barton holds a miniature tank made by Chinese
prisoners of war, which she received from her son. PFC Ronald
Barton, now on Cheja Island off the Korean coast. (Statesman
photo.)
In early 1951 the Department
of Agriculture attempted a nation
wide roundup of opinion I . means
of county surveys. Called the Fam
ily Farm Policy Review it was
conducted through the various
agencies administering the farm
program, particularly the Produc
tion and Marketing Administra
tion. The survey drew the early
fire of the American Farm Bureau,
whose president, Allan B. Kline,
considered it a buildup for the
Brannan plan of farm guaranty.
Though the survey was made
over a year ago and the reports
duly shipped to Washington only
now is the summary about to be
made public. As might be expect
ed it will, according to report,
give "overwhelming" farmer, en
dorsement of federal farm aid pro
grams. : !
The timing of the publication
excites quite as much suspicion as
the origination of the survey idea.
Secretary, Brannan, along with
Secretary Chapman, Is one of the
Tolitical tophands in the Truman
administration. (Both are from
Colorado). His plan for farm re
lief set up an automatic sys
tem for insuring good incomes for
fanners and lower living costs for
consumers at the cost of the
federal treasury. That cost was so
nebulous that Democrats like Sen.
Clinton Anderson promptly reject
ed it, and it hasn't been propa
gandized by Truman or Brannan
since the 1950 elections.
Brannan also is under fire with
accusations from Republicans that
he manipulated his office in 1948
tn rioTYTPss the nrice of corn while
Truman blamed it all on the 80th.
Congress. The story Is published
in a recent issue of the Saturday
Evening Post and has for its au
thority no ' less a personage than
Sen. John J Williams of Deleware
Whose v
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Silverton to Select
Police Force Soon
Statesman New ferric
SILVERTON A police force for
this town will probably be hired
by the end of this week, city offi
cials said here Wednesday night.
Without a regular police force
since last . Sunday the town has
been adequately patrolled by vol
unteer groups of citizens. The
four - man force, including the
chief, quit because of police regu
lations. City Manager R. E. Borland said
he was still going through the
stack of applications the city has
received for the vacant police po
sitions. He said a chief and a new
force will be selected soon.
Animal Crackers
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Chinese PW's
Fashion Tank
From Cans
Some Chinese prisoners who are
contented" enough to make -toy
weapons without being trouble
some about real ones.
Proof came from the Island of
Cheju this week in the form of a
miniature tank, made from ration
cans and solder. It was sent by
PFC Ronald Burton, 453rd En
gineer Construction Battalion, to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Burton, 4890 N. Capitol St., Salem.
The tank about 6 inches long,
4 inches wide and 5 inches high
has hinged and moveable , treads,
tin-drum wheels, a revolving tur
ret with hinged hatch, revolving
guns, peep-hole lifts, radio aerial
and tow-chain. -
Private Burton said it took from
6 to 10 days for a prisoner to make
such a tank, and that they were
in great demand as souvenirs.
In the army since February,
1951. Burton has been in the Kor
ean theatre 13 months, part of the
time on the mainland in bridge
construction work. He is a 1948
graduate of Salem Academy and
spent a year at George Fox Col
lege in Newburg. He has a brother,
Paul, senior in Salem High School.
Cheju, Burton writes, is a 770
squa re-mile island 170 miles
southwest of Pus an, Korea. To its
native population exceeding 200,
000 have been added upwards of
20,000 prisoners of war. '
Faulty Valve
Cuts Silverton
Water Supply
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON City water users,
threatened with a serious water
shortage because of recent trouble
in the municipal system, breathed
easier Wednesday night when they
found their taps full once more.
City Manager R. E. Borland
said the water supply would be
back to normal Thursday. He said
a faulty relief valve in the main
pipe between the settling basin
and the city reservoir was respon
sible for the trouble.
The valve will be replaced he
said. Tuesday the level In the
reservoir had dipped a dangerous
10 feet and pressure' was low In
many residences. Borland blamed
the difficulty on the air block in
the main pipe which had pre
vented sufficient water from
reaching the reservoir. ;
But Wednesday night, thanks to
a no-irrigation ban, the level in
the reservoir had risen to normal
again. ,
Girl Quintuplets
Born to Negro
Family in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil ()-GIrl
quintuplets, weighing less than
three pounds each at birth in a
poor Negro workman's overcrowd
ed home Tuesday night, appeared
to be thriving Wednesday in an
incubator in Sao Paulo's modern
maternity hospital.
The mother, Mrs. Maria Albano,
38, was reported in excellent con
dition. She lived with her husband,
Jose, a laborer, in a house occu
pied by four other families in the
interior town of Sao Carlos.
Hospital authorities said - the
parents are so poor the five ba
bies arrived at the hospital wrap
ped in old clothes.
Dr. Francisco Sucupira of the
hospital staff said the girls, born
in the space of .three hours, are
perfectly normal.. ;
U. 8. FREIGHTER SINKS v -
DEAL. Eng. (fl The Ameri
can freighter Western Farmer
broke in two and sank after col
lision in the English Channel Wednesday-
night but reports said all
the crew were rescued.
. SALEM MtlCTPITATIOJf
Start mt Weatkar Tear, Sept. I
This Tear. Last Year Normal
Legion Officials
Order Last Game
Replayed Today
PARKER FIELD, Yakima
(Special) The Salem American
Legion Junior baseball team de
feated the Waipahu, Hawaii entry
twice Wednesday in the final
games of , the Northwest district
playoffs here,' 4-3 and 9-5, but
will have to beat the Hawaiians
again Thursday in order to take
the championship.
The second game was played
under protest by the Hawaiian
team, and a weird decision by
game umpires and national field
representative Earl Chandler al-
Salem to Refuse
To Replay Game
Salem's Legion Junior base
ball team will refuse to replay
a Northwest district title base
ball game today, Salem Coach
Vince Genua told The States
man in a phone call from Yak
ima early this morning.
The final playoff game with
Hawaii, which Salem won 9-5,
waa ordered by Legion officials
to be replayed today after a pro
test of a play daring the game
had been lodged by the Hawaii
team.
In objecting to the decision'
on the protest, which he describ
ed as contrary to official base
ball rules, Genua said. "We eith
er go to Hastings, Neb. Thursday
for the regionals or we're com
ing home to Salem."
lowed the protest to stand, and
then ordered that the Thursday
game be played.
The start of the protestv oc
cured in the first inning when,
with a Salem runner on first base,
Outfielder Mike Campbell was
called out when he stepped on
home plate in an attempt to bunt.
The runner, Twink Pederson, ad
vanced to second on the play and
the umpires allowed him to stay
there. According to official base
ball rules he should have re
turned to first base.
The game was resumed, and it
wasn't until the next inning that
the Hawaiians lodged their pro
test. Baseball rules explain that
in order for such a protest to
stand, it must be made at the time
of the action. The umpires and
Chandler nonetheless allowed the
protest to stand.
Chandler said he telephoned Na
tional Legion headquarters at In
dianapolis, Ind, for a decision on
the protest, and Earl Miller, head
of the "Junior Legion program
ordered the game replayed.
It was believed by press boxen
here that officials in charge of the
playoffs were among the 3,00-plus
fans whose sympathy is known to
be decidedly with the visiting Ha
waiians. (Additional details on
sports page.)
Japanese Monks
Set Up Beauty Parlor
.OSKA, Japan (JP) The monks
at Tennoji Temple have set up a
beauty parlor at half price and
now plan a hotel and restaurant.
The 'black - robed monks have
gone commercial to pay for up
keep of the temple. There has been
a postwar drop in attendance
and contributions.
Mammer-Swinging JlAan
Macks Poll; Mousenife
Statesman Ntwi Scrvtca
DALLAS A young Polk County
farm wife was assaulted by a hammer-swinging
man Wednesday af
ternoon and finally drove him off
at the point of a rifle.
Mrs. Charles Benson, 34, resid
ing on a farm between Dallas and
Monmouth, told police she was
beaten over the head with a car
penter's hammer by a stranger
who appeared at her door in mid
afternoon. -
State police and Polk .County
authorities were still searching
early Thursday for the unidenti
fied assailant.
The woman, whose husband was
at work at Cerlinger Carrier Com
pany in Dallas at the time of the
assault, was taken to Dallas Hos
pital. Several stitches were taken
in her forehead. She was released
and returned to her home.
In relating the events, concerning
the attack Mrs. Benson told police
her young daughter, . Connie, 6,
answered a rap on the door. A
young-appearing man asked the
girl if her mother was home.
-"When I came to the door, po
lice quoted Mrs. Benson as saying.
"This man asked, me if my hus
band was home. I told him he
was not." - .
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After getting their own projects all spruced' up for the show, this group of 4-H Clabbers took time oat
to watch others getting theirs ready. The show opened Wednesday noon at the State Fairgrovnds
and will close Friday night. From left to right are 'Larry Voght, Darrel Stafek, Vernon Yoght, Garry
Stafek all of Salem; Phillip Hacksbejer of Jefferson; John Voght, who is still too young to be a 4-IIer
but is Just waiting the day, he says; and Micheal Denham of Silverton. (Farm Photo for The States
man.) (Story on page 3.)
Firemen, Friends Claim
Enough Signatures Filed
Salem firemen and their friends were confident Wednesday night
that enough petition signatures had been filed to get a collective bar
gaining issue on the November city ballot.
Spokesmen for organized labor, wives of firemen and other citi
zens helping in the effort estimated they had 3,000 signatures turned
in by the deadline at 5 p. m. yesterday. To get these signatures scores
Swedes Protest
Of Bodyguard
Brings Denial
WASHINGTON Ul The White
House said Wednesday It Just isn't
true that Margaret Truman's se
cret service bodyguards, reported
ly "bulging" with armpit artillery,
TwHied and shoved Swedish citi
zens around on her current trip
abroad.
Indignation at the White House,
the state department and in secret
service circles over the charges
aired by Swedish - newspapers
matched the ill feeling attributed
to the Swedes over the activities
of the Persident's daughter's of
ficial escorts.
Intimates who know of the in
tensity of President Truman's af
fection for his only daughter sug
gested he must be particularly in
censed over the sarcastic comment
by Sweden's largest newspaper,
Aftonbladet, which declared:
"Miss Truman is not in danger
of her life in Stockholm ... We
understand that she is not going
to sin$ here."
BAKER POLIO FATALITY '
BAKER (ff) Baker's second
fatality from polio has been re
ported. She was Julia Ann Kirby,
7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kirby. Kenneth Sullivan, who
died June 18, was the first victim
for 1952.
Then, Mrs. Benson told police,
the man repeated the question and
when she answered .again in the
negative he suddenly began strik
ing her with a hammer.
As she struggled with her assail
ant the woman told her daughter
to get a gun, which was in the
house. The girl got a 30-30 calibre
rifle which she handed to her
mother.
"When I pointed the gun "at
him, police quoted Mrs. Benson
as saying, "he started to leave the
house. Then he turned around and
said: 'What about my hammer?' I
told him to get going.
The last he saw of the assaulter
he was walking toward an orchard
at the rear of the -Benson place.
He left behind the hammer and an
empty white shoe box, which had
at one time held children's shoes. ,
Mrs. Benson described her as
sailant as between 20 and 25 years
of age and wearing tan trousers.
. "We are at a loss to uncover a
motive," said Tony Neufeldt, Polk
County deputy sheriff, who with
police investigated the incident.
State police combed the area near
the Benson Jiouse all Wednesday
night The home is located on the
Cherry Knoll Road, a short dis
tance south of Dallas.
of supporters oi tne nremen naa
taken petitions house-to-house, to
the fights and the drive-ins and
generally circulated them in pub
lic places the past few days.
At the Marion county clerk's of
fice where petition names must be
checked by Monday,' attaches es
timated on the basis of the first
six petitions, checked that about
88 per cent of the names were rul
ed valid that is, registered vot
ers living inside the city. The
number of valid signatures re
quired is 2,052.
Firemen Barred
Firemen themselves were bar
red from taking out petitions by a
civil service ruling which be
came controversial as the filing
deadline neared. As a result the
firemen withdrew the petitions
they had circulated. But the com
mittee of wives and friends used
these discarded petitions for ref
erences, going back to many of the
signers with their own petitions.
A fire department' spokesman
estimated that about 30 wives of
firemen, several policemen's wives
and about a dozen other citizens
helped circulate the petitions Wed
nesday in residential areas and
around downtown street corners.
Jn addition petitions were avail
able for signing at eight stores and
other places of business in the city.
Circulators worked feverishly
right up to the filing deadline Fri
day getting names.
Measure Controversial
The proposed measure itself is
controversial, though the conflict
between firemen and city adminis
tration the past week has centered
in the firemen's right to circulate
any petitions. The measure would
allow city firemen and policemen
to have collective bargaining with
the City Council over working
conditions. If no agreement could
be reached each side would ap
point two delegates and those four
would pick a fifth to make up an
arbitration board.
. As an outgrowth of the petition
figjt, the - Salem Civil Service
Commission at a regular meeting
Wednesday agreed to study the
rule in question with an eye to
possibly amending it to allow pe
tition circulation. The firemen
contended the prohibition was
meant to forbid campaigning for
candidates for city office only.
But the commission and the city
attorney interpreted the rule to ex
clude any form of political activity
except voting and giving a per
sonal opinion.
Change of the rule was asked
Wednesday by Attorney Allan
Carson who has been represent
ing the firemen.
Western International -Yakima
3-1. Spokane S-S
Victoria 0. Trt-City S
4 Wenatchec 13. Lewiston x
j Salem 3. Vancouver 1 v
- .'Pacific .Coast League
At Los Angeles 5. Portland .0
; At Oakland 1. Seattle 9 ' -
At Sacramento 0, San Francisco 3
; At San Diego 1, HoUywood 2
American League -:
At New York 3. Chlcajo U
At Boston 8. Cleveland IS
At Philadelphia 4. Detroit 3 ' "
At Washington-St. Louis, rain
( National League .
At Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 6 . ;
' At Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia 3
At St. Louis S. Boston 3
At Caicaao-Nw York. rala
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Flood Sweeps
Thirty GI's to
Probable Deatl
SEOUL CP) A typhoon-generated
flash flood rolled a nine-foot
wall of water down a South Korean
river bed Monday and swept 30
American soldiers of the 45th Di
vision off a sandbar to their prob
able deaths.
The Eighth Army announced
Wednesday that bodies of only four
had been found.
Search for the other 26 continued
Wednesday miles down the stream.
Normally the river is only knee
deep. The soldiers had started to
iprd the stream when the flash
flood swept down upon them with
crushing weight and speed.
Location of the stream was. not
disclosed.
Typhoon Karen whiplashed Oki
nawa and Korea earlier this week
before it headed into the North
Pacific.
Idanha Power
Company Sold
Statesman News Service
IDANHA Benton-Lincoln Elec
trie Co-op has purchased the Idan
ha Power Company for a sum of
$60,000 a cording to an announce
ment by B. R. Little, Co-op man
ager. Transfer of the power company
will increase accounts of the Ben
ton-Lincoln system by 170. Paul
Reynolds, former owner of the
Idanha Power Company, has man
aged the plant for over 10 years.
Llama Loaned
To Portland Zoo
PORTLAND m Portland
youngsters were getting their first
rides on a llama Wednesday.
The' animal a cameloid, native
of Peru, was loaned to the zoo by
the Black and White ranch of
Klamath Falls. Zoo Director Jack
Marks said most llamas have un
pleasant dispositions, but this one
is gentle.
GoodTelevision Reception From
Portland Expected in Salem
Salem may have television by
Thanksgiving because of a new
broadcasting tower which is to be
built in the next three weeks on
Council Crest in Portland.
This tower will provide an ultra-high
frequency chanel which,
according to local television oper
ators, will produce a clear image
for Salem. "
John E. Marr of Marr Radio and
Television Shop, said, "though
there's no way io . tell definitely,
whether we willnave television or
not, we're making plans for it by
Thanksgiving."- Marr, who talked
with a television engineer from
Portland, said that' the Portland
station would have a high power
chanel and that Salem should have
a good receiving area.
E. F. Heider ofHeider's Radio
Sales and Service 'said that the
station would come in well in Sa
lem but tMat, because it is an ultra-high
frequency.' chanel, tele
viewers will-need an adaptor and
an additional aerial. - - -
The stations that have been tel
evising, he said, are very-high fre
quency instead -of the ultra-high
frequency.that is going up in ron-
In West
BOISE, Idaho ( Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican presi- '
dential nominee, said Wednesday the "inspiration, the vision and
plans" for development of the West must come from Westelwac
people. There must be, he said, only a minimum of federal par- ;
ticipation.
Eisenhower discussed Western problems with nine Western
Republican governors, men whose!
presence was the basis for his
visit here. He said he and the
governors discussed problems of
the West and of the nation.
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of
Washington, speaking for the gov
ernors, said the "general feeling"
'among them was that the public
: lands plank of the Republican
platform did not fully express
their feelings, and that they were
- preparing a memorandum for Eis
enhower on it.
Langlie listed as the things dis
cussed:
1. Decentralization of power
from Washington: "We want to
get the authority back where it
belongs to the states; we don't
want to crowd out the 1 federal
government but want to limit it
to its rightful place.
More Development
2. Water resources: "These re
sources must be developed con
tinuously even - more rapidly
than now. This can be done better
by having emissaries from Wash
ington come out to the states
rather ' than devising programs
we are forced to accept. We are
very strong against the Columbia
Valley Authority type of develop
ment. Let the states do all they
can and when the federal govern
ment comes in, let the states have
a strong voice."
3. Soil conservation: "The vol
untary programs have worked
well in the Western states and -we
think the federal government
should assist them.
Work for Peace'
Eisenhower, in a speech Wed
nesday night, called for devotion
of , America's energies to peace
"and not to the sterile negative,
stupid business of war.
The presidential nominee told
a cheering crowd tnat pest can oe
done by turning the Democrats
out of power in the November
election.
"We have had for a long time
In power a government that im
plies the pniiosopny oi me ieiv
Eisenhower declared.
The GOP candidate for the
White House spoke from the steps
of Idaho's capital to a crowd
which State Police Superintend
ent A. P. Bimdeison estimated at
"between 19,000 and 20,000 per
sons." Leaves Text
Departing almost entirely from
his prepared text, the general said
there has been suoh centralization
of power in Washington that:
"The government does everything
but come in and wash the dishes
for the housewife."
Tn W. rjrerjared text. Eisenhow
er accused the Truman adminis
tration of traveling "the clear road
to the left" in labor-management
relations, medical care, and farm
policy,
He expressed the same idea In
M off-the-cuff remarKs. dux ac
tually said the- government in
power "implies the philosophy of
the left." , ,
In his text, Eisenhower also said
the administration is one which
with new names and faces seeks
to perpetuate itself through elec
tion of his Democratic opponent
for the presidency. Gov. Acual
Stevenson of Illinois
In his speech, Eisenhower did
not include that remark.
Eisenhower prescribed a middle
wnirse for America, saying tyran
ny is at the end of the paths either
to the extreme lert or iar ngnx.
land. Four years ago. he said, be
cause so many stations were tele
vising so close together that they
crossed each other up, tne govern
ment tut a freeze on permits. As a
result factories put out sets for the
108 -very-high frequency stations
that were built, and no sets for the
ultra-high frequency, which was
still in the experimental stage.
Now, he said, the freeze is off
. i . . a m . 1 a
ana sets wut De own ior uitra
high frequency chanels. .
A Salem station, KSLM, applied
in July for a permit to build a
very-high frequency chaneL Ac
cording to manager 'David Hoss,
the station expects the permit
"very .' soon." This would mean
that televisors could get programs
through the Salem stations with
out special equipment. However,
said Hoss, because or tne ireeze,
the station would not be able to
get materials and to build for six
months or a year.
Clarence Bishop of Bishop Elec
tric said reception In Salem
"should be good for most areas,
He added that new 1953 TV sets
will be tmt later this month.
Envelopment '
Illness Fatal
BONN, Germany Dr. Kurt Schu- '
macher, fighting German So- -cialit
leader, died here Thurs
day following a lengthy Illness.
OfWestReirli
Socialists Dies
BONN, Germany () Dr. Kurt
Schumacher, leader of the power
ful Socialist Party of West Ger
many, died here Thursday. He was
56. ..
The crippled survivor of Nazi
concentration camps died of 'acute
circulatory illness," the Socialist
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The one-armed, one-legged So
cialist leader had been ailing for
months. v
Schumacher was a fighter all
his life. His enemies were the
Nazis, the Communists and chron
ic ill-health.
He battled them all with equal
passion. He did not give up even after
years in the dread Dachau concen
tration camp crippled him for life.
Schumacher lost an arm in
World War I as a young lieutenant
of the Kaiser's army. A leg was
amputated in 1947 after he was
stricken with thrombosis during a
visit to Britain. His stomach was
permanently weakened by the poor
food and brutalities of Nazi con
centration camps.
Man Missing
For Two Days
Salem police Wednesday night
were still on the lookout Tor Har
old Shepherd, 820 South St, who
has been mysteriously missing for
the past two days.
Mrs. Shepherd told police her
husband left the house at 8 a. m.
Tuesday saying he was going to
see a-doctor. She has not seen njai
heard of him since.
The family car, a 1042 Stude
baker, was found Wednesday by
members of the family abandoned
on Union near Liberty Streets
with the keys in the ignition.
Mrs. Shepherd .told police her
49-year-old husband was of sober,
steady disposition and had never
disappeared before. When last
seen by Mrs. Shepherd the missing
man was wearing a light gray suit
and was described as about 5 feet
10 inches tall with wavy brown
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Democrats Blamed
For Overweight
- DENVER City Election
Commission employes . chuckled
Wednesday over the reason volun
tarily given by a woman request
ing her political party affiliation
be changed from Democrat to Re
publican. :
Edward Keating; ' commission
member, said the woman wrote:
"When the Democrats came Into
power 20 years ago 1 could wear
a size 12 dress. Now 1 have to
wear a size 48. Pve grown too fat
under the administration of ths
Democrats.
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